Combination evaporator and canning-machine.



-l'.. A. IVHLLER.

COMBINATION EVAPURATOR AND CANNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 25, 19]]- swans-sun 1.

om I 9 l 6 2 h e F am e m w a P Inventor Attorneys L. A. MILLER.

GOMBlNATION EVAPORATOR AND CANNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25,1917

Patented Feb. 26,1918.

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1 COMBINATION. EVAEQBATOR AND" .CANNING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be 1 it --kn'o'wnthat '1, Lewis A. WIILnEIn:a citizen of the United States, residing at Live Oak, in the countyof-Suwanee and State of gElori'da, havednvented a new :and :usefulCombination Evaporator and Canning dachine, of which the "following :isa L specification.

The device forii iing the,subjectamatter of this application is adaptedto beeinployed for drying fruit, vegetables and the like,

in i bulk, and for cooking "fruit, vegetables and other products incans.

"One object-of theinvention is to provide a simple means whereby both oftheoperations specified cairbe carried cutin a single machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby-aproper -circula tion of air within the casing of the structure will besecured when the drying operation is carried out.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can'be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention, parts being brokenaway and parts appearing in section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectlon wherein parts appear in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line ll- 1 of Fig. 3, a tray, however,not disclosed in Fig. 3, having been added.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably ismade of metal throughout and includes a cylindrical. casing 1 comprisinga side wall 2 and a bottom 3, the casing being supportedon legs 4. .Alid 5 rests on. the casing and is supplied with a EpecificationoflLetters Patent. Application'ifiled (October 25,1917.

*Serial no. 193,491.

marginaliflange 6 surrounding the casing. The l:1'Cl.'5.uwI1Cl 1tsflange 6 are provided with peripheral notches 7 .smounted ion thelid.15..

A drum .9 is: mounted inthe bottom '3,'1the "abottom being closed at thei stop and open at the bottom. 1:L-shapedifiues 1 0; are vprowided,

the inner, lower ends eof r-the flues opening through the side wall.ofthe drumrt), the v flues extending outwardly, parallel :to the bottom3, Land thence extending Eupwardly,

along the inner surface of the casing 2, through thennotches 7 in thelid 5. There maybe: any desired number O fijllGSG fllllQS 10. Air inlet:tubes I1 1 are mounted r inithe casingl cnear to the bottom 3, andparallel thereto. The air inlet tubes 11 are radially disposed withrespect to the axis of the casmg land the "drum- 9. Theinneren'ds o'ftheHandles 8 may be Patented Feb. 26,? 1918. l

air inlet tubes 11 terminate close to the v periphery of the drum 9, butin spaced relation thereto. The outer ends of the tubes 11 are closed byany suitable means, such as plugs 12, which may be connected to thecasing 1 by means of flexible elements 14.

The numeral 15 denotes a heater which may be of any desired form,depending upon whether a solid fuel, a liquid fuel or a gaseous fuel isto be used. In the present in stance, the heater is shown in the form ofa receptacle, connected at its upper end with the bottom 3 andsurrounding the lower end of the drum 9, the drum opening into thereceptacle. The heater 15 may include a stoke door 16, an ash door 17and a grate 18.

Disposed within the casing 1 and secured thereto are supports 19, ofwhich there may be any desired number. The supports 19 are adapted touphold a tray T comprising a peripheral frame 20 and a body 22, thelatter being made of wire netting, if desired.

.The frame 20 is provided with recesses 23, adapted to receive the fines10, when the tray is mounted on the supports 19.

If desired, a tray 24 may be used, the same having a perforated bottom25. Hangers 26 are connected with the tray 24:, and are supplied attheir upper ends with laterally extended loops 27, adapted to engageover the upper ends of the fines 10, in the notches 7 of the lid 5.

If the structure hereinbefore described is to be used for drying orevaporating vege- 7 tables and like products, then any desired mountedon the supports 19.

' even distribution of the heat-being secured in this Way. Airenters-the casing 1 by way ofthe inlet tubes 11 and is discharged closeI to or against: the drum 9, which is highly heated. Theair is heated bycontact with the drum and is also heated, as'it passes 'upwardly, by thefiues 10, the air leaving through the notches 7 in the lid 5.

' If the structure is to be used for canning, then the plugs 12 aremounted in the tubes 11 and the casing 1 is filled to any desired extentith Water, the tray 24 being suspended onthe-upper ends of the fiues 10by means of the hangers 26 and the loops 27. The Water in the casinglmay be boiled,

about the canned material on the tray 24. When the canning operation hasbeen concluded, the plugs 12 may be pulled out of a the tubes .11,thus'permitting the water to Gopi es of this patent may be obtained forHaving thus described the invention, What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a casing comprising a bottom; alid on the casing; a heater connected With the bottom and located therebelow; a drum opening through the bottom into the heater; fiues extendedoutwardly from the drum and ur- Wardly along the inner surface of thecasing through the lid; inlets opening through the casing adjacent thebottom and terminating at their inner ends adjacent the drum; means foropening and closing the inlets; a tray; and means for supporting thetray in the drum.

2. A device of the class described conv structed as described in claim1, and further characterized by the fact that the means for supportingthe tray consist of hangers provided at their upper ends with means forengaging the upper ends of the fines detachably.

.In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LEWIS A. MILLER.

Witnesses:

,QUINTILLA B. HOWLAND,

J. P. HOWLAND, Jr.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

